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A demo for ShootMania: Storm Elite is now available, featuring a full mode from the retail product. It can be downloaded through ManiaPlanet, shootmania.com or Steam – where it is also 50% off. The demo also offers a taste of 3v3 action, matchmaking, dedicated rankings and progression levels. Plus, if you play the demo between […]

ShootMania Storm launches today, and the trailer for it is below. The first-person action, online multiplayer shooter can be yours for $19.99 through Steam, or through the game’s website. The release follows an open beta where “hundreds of thousands of players from around the world competed for global domination on the game’s ladder ranking system.” […]

Shootmania Storm publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that Nadeo’s creatively-charged shooter has slipped to an April release date. Ubisoft has also sent across two new screens to help ease our suffering, and has announced a new open beta phase for February.

ShootMania developer Nadeo has announced the second phase of its beta. The shooter, which comes with a sophisticated map-making suite, is gearing up for a January launch, but you can get involved in the beta now. We’ve got the ‘beta 2′ patch notes here.

Trackmania 2: Canyon wasn’t the end of Nadeo’s plans for its user-generated content focused racing franchise; not by a long shot. This weekend brought the reveal trailers for two new entries, Stadium and Valley.

Shootmania Storm, like all the Mania titles, is bang behind user generated content. The new beta map editor is detailed in the trailer through the break, and it’s really worth a look if you have even the slightest interest in shooter level design.

Shootmania Storm will have two free modes available at launch: Royal and Elite. Royal tasks players will gaining control over a map point in a free-for-all, and Elite will see two teams of players defending and attacking their opponent’s base. Ubisoft has released a trailer which shows the modes, and it’s posted below. The online […]

Ubisoft has announced ShootMania Storm is now available for pre-order. Those who drop cash early on the title will be provided instant and permanent access to the beta and all its updates until the game releases in the fall. Plus, you’ll get 20% off the full price of the game for your trouble, and bundles […]

Ubisoft has announced its getting into the eSports genre with FPS ShootMania Storm, which was designed “specifically with eSports in mind.” The publisher brought six eSports champions and pro-gamers on to the E3 press conference stage to demonstrate one of the competitive shooter’s more unusual modes, which pit one-hit kill rail guns against two-hit kill […]

In a feature on Gamasutra, various high-profile developers have discussed what they wish to see from next-gen systems. Epic game founder Tim Sweeny participates in the discussion, as does Capcom’s Christian Svensson, Carl Jones, Crytek’s director of global business development, Carl Jones, and DICE GM Karl-Magnus Troedsson among others.

Ubisoft has let sleip a few scant details on ShootMania Storm, the second entry in Nadeo’s ManiaPlanet series after TrackMania. The online FPS will feature the ManiaPlanet label’s characteristic customisation options, allowing players to create, edit and share maps. No release date as yet, but an open beta is expected in the next few months. […]

Ubisoft has announced a closed beat for TrackMania 2 Canyon will start in July, which will also mark “the beginning of ManiaPlanet,” a networked gaming system for PCs with tools for community-based game creation and participation.